Intelligence

are you intelligent enough to even pass this???

intelligence

ability to learn form experiences, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

general intelligence

according to spear man and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligent test

factor analysis

a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items

savant syndrome

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computations or drawing

grit

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

emotional intelligence

ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

intelligence test

a method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitude and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

achievement test

a test designed to assess what a person has learned

aptitude test

a test designed to predict a person’s future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn

mental age

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain chronological age

stanford-binet

american revision of binet’s original intelligence test

intelligence quotient

originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. on contemporary intelligence test, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100

wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais)

most widely used intelligence test; they contain verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

standardization

defining uniform testing procedure and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group

normal curve

symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution

reliability

extend to which a test yields consistent results

validity

extend to which a test or experiment measures or predicts what is supposed to

content validity

extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

predictive validity

success which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

cohort

a group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as from a given time period

crystallized intelligence

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

fluid intelligence

ability to reason speedily and abstractedly, tends to decrease with age, especially during late adulthood

intellectual disability

a condition of limited mental ability

down syndrome

a condition of milf to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome

Heritability

proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes

stereotype threat

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

Iq is for intelligence scores while EQ is for emotional intelligence

What is the difference between Iq and EQ

WISC

an intelligence test that measures a child's intellectual ability and 5 cognitive domains that impact performance.

verbal and performance

WAIS consists of what 2 subsets?

Gardner’s multiple intelligence

his theory is that we have different types of intelligence

* math, language, self-interpersonal, naturalist, musically, not just academic intelligences 

Sternberg’s intelligences

people can have intelligence in 3 ways: analytical, creative or practical 

* analytical = academic, creative = adaptive, everyday = practical

Flynn effect

we get smarter than 1930s, general iq has increased over the century

girls are better at:

spelling, verbal ability, predicting emotion, nonverbal memory, sensation, math computation 

boys are better at:

math problem solving, math SAT, spatial abilities, mensure higher on ap physics and computer science, outnumber on high and low extremas

higher in school years and lower in summer

Intelligence scores during school year vs summer

achievement test ex

WISC, standford-binet

aptitude test ex

WAISC

eugenics

belief and practice of trying to improve intelligence with weird biases

thrustone

seen primary mental ability

* word fluency
* verbal comprehension
* spatial ability
* perceptual speed
* numerical ability
* inductive reasoning
* memory

social intelligence

comprehending social situations and managing one successfully